Revert "stdenv: add meta.repository field"

This reverts commit 7e1443abbb.

doc/stdenv/meta.chapter.md

@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ Release branch. Used to specify that a package is not going to receive updates t
 
 The package’s homepage. Example: `https://www.gnu.org/software/hello/manual/`
 
-### `repository` {#var-meta-repository}
-
-A webpage where the package's source code can be viewed.  `https` links are preferred if available.  Automatically set to a default value if the package uses a `fetchFrom*` fetcher for its `src`. Example: `https://github.com/forthy42/gforth`
-
 ### `downloadPage` {#var-meta-downloadPage}
 
 The page where a link to the current version can be found. Example: `https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/hello/`

pkgs/development/coq-modules/serapi/default.nix

@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ in
           if version == "8.11.0+0.11.1" then version
           else builtins.replaceStrings [ "+" ] [ "." ] version
         }.tbz";
-    # abort/syntax error will fail package set eval, but throw is "fine"
-    sha256 = release."${version}".sha256 or (throw "Unknown version '${version}'");
+    sha256 = release."${version}".sha256;
   };
 
   patches =

pkgs/stdenv/generic/check-meta.nix

@@ -304,10 +304,6 @@ let
       str
     ];
     downloadPage = str;
-    repository = union [
-      (listOf str)
-      str
-    ];
     changelog = union [
       (listOf str)
       str
@@ -457,29 +453,7 @@ let
       outputs = attrs.outputs or [ "out" ];
       hasOutput = out: builtins.elem out outputs;
     in
-    optionalAttrs (attrs ? src.meta.homepage || attrs ? srcs && isList attrs.srcs && any (src: src ? meta.homepage) attrs.srcs) {
-      # should point to an http-browsable source tree, if available.
-      # fetchers like fetchFromGitHub set it automatically.
-      # this could be handled a lot easier if we nulled it instead
-      # of having it be undefined, but that wouldn't match the
-      # other attributes.
-      repository = let
-        getSrcs = attrs:
-          if attrs ? src
-          then
-            [ attrs.src ]
-          else
-            lib.filter (src: src ? meta.homepage) attrs.srcs;
-        getHomePages = srcs: map (src: src.meta.homepage) srcs;
-        unlist = list:
-          if lib.length list == 1
-          then
-            lib.elemAt list 0
-          else
-            list;
-      in
-        unlist (getHomePages (getSrcs attrs));
-    } // {
+    {
       # `name` derivation attribute includes cross-compilation cruft,
       # is under assert, and is sanitized.
       # Let's have a clean always accessible version here.